Table 2. Recovery of the fractions (%) of carbohydrates of the silages treated with lignocellulolytic enzymatic complex.
Parameters | Enzimatic activity (U. min). kg-1 NM | SEM | P | ||||
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0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
Corn Silage | |||||||
Neutral detergent fiber | 74.1 | 69.4 | 60.8 | 56.2 | 7.78 | <0.01 | 0.11 |
Total Carbohydrates | 93.8 | 93.9 | 91.1 | 89.5 | 4.40 | 0.02 | 0.20 |
Non-fibrous carbohydrates | 99.8 | 106 | 110 | 116 | 8.40 | <0.01 | 0.10 |
Cellulose | 94.9 | 85.9 | 82.7 | 83.2 | 2.24 | 0.21 | 0.02 |
Hemicellulose | 54.7 | 51.5 | 48.4 | 45.3 | 8.86 | 0.01 | 0.16 |
Lignin (ABSL) | 84.1 | 66.4 | 54.0 | 54.3 | 1.65 | 0.02 | 0.07 |
Sugarcane Silage | |||||||
Neutral detergent fiber | 77.7 | 68.7 | 67.4 | 69.6 | 14.9 | 0.08 | 0.02 |
Total Carbohydrates | 77.2 | 74.5 | 72.1 | 74.0 | 3.62 | 0.12 | 0.01 |
Non-fibrous carbohydrates | 82.4 | 83.6 | 90.8 | 94.4 | 6.66 | 0.01 | 0.24 |
Cellulose | 85.8 | 77.5 | 78.1 | 80.1 | 5.62 | 0.14 | 0.02 |
Hemicellulose | 63.9 | 47.2 | 42.2 | 47.3 | 6.36 | 0.21 | 0.01 |
Lignin (ABSL) | 81.2 | 69.5 | 66.9 | 69.0 | 2.84 | 0.21 | 0.03 |
Lignin (ABSL): lignin determined by reaction with acetyl bromide; SEM: standard error of mean.